good stuff - have you read this:
Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon : Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & The Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8MF8VGD7GH35NGD0DW7P
Read Nothing Feels Good. All your answers lie within that book:
Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and EMO https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312308639/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_b1bqDb7MDE8FN
As a TL:DR, Emo has gone through several waves of popularity and genre fusions, so it gets confusing.
To summarize the last 30 years, Emo started as a reaction to political hardcore bands in the 80s (Rites of Spring), then it sort of mutated into alt/indie rock (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Promise Ring, Jawbreaker) in the 90s.
The reason people have the reaction to Emo they have now is because of its next mutation was less a musical style and more of a lifestyle/subculture that blew up in the early to mid-aughts. This was Emo's largest mutation, which is why it's hard to define.
Bands like Dashboard Confessional led the way, while bands like Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, and (whether they agree/like it or not) Thursday pushed it along for bands like My Chemical Romance to elevate it to its height.
Today, we're seeing a reaction to that mid-aughts Emo subculture. Beginning in about 2009/10, bands like Fireworks and The World is a Beautiful Place... have taken us sort of full circle. Now Emo can be defined by twinkly or clean guitars (Tiny Moving Parts), or even more of a grunge-y sound (Citizen, Movements, Moose Blood). For a full experience of what Emo is in 2019, listen to Sunsleeper; they are an amalgam of Citizen, Movements, and Brand New.
For me Emo is back in that sweet spot, like how it was in the late 90s, early aughts before it blew up. I don't think it's going to blow up that way again, but for now it's nice to have consistently good music coming out from the scene while everyone else ignores it.
I don't think you asked for a history lesson, but get me started on Emo and I can't shut up (I really just wanted to post the link to the book and look where it took me, haha).
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk, or whatever the kids say these days.
Look at Geoff Emerick’s Here, There, and Everywhere, My Life Recording The Music of The Beatles. Emerick was the engineer on many Beatles albums.
Yes definitely. I also think Glassjaw's impact on east coast bands in the late 90's often goes underrated. This book is great for learning more about the development of post hardcore, but it was published in 2000 so it doesn't have any info on what happened in the following decade unfortunately.
<em>The Real Frank Zappa Book</em> - Frank Zappa with Peter Occhiogrosso Half autobiography, half perspective on leading a band that influenced me a lot on leading a band of my own
If you're interested in the band's history then I would recommend reading Anthony's autobiography, <em>Scar Tissue.</em> The band had some rough early years and Anthony paints a wild ride all the way from his childhood (1960s) to a few years before Stadium Arcadium was released (2005/2006). It's my favorite musician autobiography.
I see MK Ultra has already been mentioned, and rightly so. There is also a theory that the government infiltrated the anti-war movement, and the surrounding hippie culture, and poisoned it with drugs to distract it from it's goal of ending the wars of the Military-Industrial Complex.
There's a lot more to this douchebag's story than meets the eye.
Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream https://www.amazon.com/dp/1909394122/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_i_AB2SSJQD8KGBXFETQBNM
He's a POS and his family traces back to the Mayflower. Just like Morrison's father staged the Gulf of Tonkin.
Another moron from "the anointed" scrum who think they're better than you.
CIA created Crosby. Talentless hack.
https://www.amazon.com/Scar-Tissue-Anthony-Kiedis/dp/1401307450/ref=nodl_
Not cocaine, heroine. I’m sure he’s probably dabbled in all kinds of drugs, but his biography mentions how he struggled with heroine addiction, finally got sober then went to the dentist to get a tooth pulled and told the doctor not to use any narcotic painkillers but ended up using Valium for the procedure causing him to relapse.
Is this something you would have liked to receive as a gift?
Pink Floyd All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track https://smile.amazon.com/dp/031643924X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_92D7J8VMT91EARRVZMNH?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Here's a thread I made a while ago, tons of great video lessons mostly from famous guitarists
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guitar/comments/48tbbr/discussion_list_of_excellent_guitar_lessons
In addition to the ones listed here, there are tons of old vhs tape lessons that have been uploaded to YouTube. Most of them are very well done, and feature well known guitarists. So look around! It helps if you have a good idea of what you want to learn.
In addition to online materials, I've found plenty of books to be exceptionally helpful. There are tons of great books on Amazon, but you will have better luck finding stuff if you know exactly what you want to learn. Check out the Fundamental Changes series for individual concepts, or
Creative Guitar 1: Cutting-Edge Techniques https://www.amazon.com/dp/1860744621/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awd_x_knfRxb4D7TYTS
Creative guitar by Guthrie Govan for a great overview of techniques and concepts. If you don't know who Guthrie is, check out some YouTube videos. He can play anything, in any style, it's truly incredible. There's a second book in this series that I would also highly recommend once you make your way through the first. Don't skip the first book, especially if you've avoided theory in the past, as it does a great job introducing "Theory Without Tears" as Guthrie calls it, along with tons of other concepts that will come into play in the second book.
Good luck!
To any pink Floyd fans out there there is an insane deal on hardcover book of pink Floyd tracks on Amazon... geddit fast before it runs out..
Edit : Here is the link : https://www.amazon.in/Pink-Floyd-All-Songs-Behind/dp/031643924X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=book08d-21&linkId=b4b1774b0da1204a37381b7525de3f8a
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Very true.
I tried to allude to him and the rest of the Laurel Canyon scene's elite/ military ties in the second to bottom entry, but it probably needs some clarification. David McGowan's book and talks go into the distinct ties between Frank Zappa, David Crosby, Jim Morrison, Charles Manson, and others to military intelligence, who had a massive covert presence in the area.
In short, when Frank Zappa included the paranoid little line "there's this guy from the CIA and he's creeping around laurel canyon" on one of his earliest albums, I take him on his word.
Yeah! that’s the one . And yeah it’s not complicated but totally drives that song. ive seen people debate if paul played it or not.
an essential source for anything like this (which can never be completed, "kids will always take the torch away", etc) is Andy Greenwald's <em>Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo</em>. the writing is cringeworthy at times, especially at the end of the book when he interviews some suicidal teen girl with a Livejournal (dear God...), but you will learn things and get a basic "map" down in your head.
If anyone wants in the mood to don a tinfoil hat then look into the west coast rock scene of the 60s/70s. Lots of connections to military intelligence and similar
https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122
2 hour sound only interview from 2014
Ever read Dave McGowan's Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon? Here is his website, his research for the book and other topics is here.
> am a big Jimmy eat world fan but I didn't realize that static prevails was on a major. They basically got signed based on speculation from their self-titled which most people have never heard. - Really shocking to hear about Thursday and hiw they owe the label (or at least did).
Have you read Nothing Feels Good?
Much more centered around emo and early mall emo craze of the late 90s/early 00s. Talks a bit about Jimmy Eat World and their rise.
Whoa, that's cool!
Well for me, I love this book. It's so fun just pulling it out and singing the songs to myself or learning them. A lot of their early stuff can be the easiest I think.
"Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream" is a good read on the hollywood / psyop front.
https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122
He said it in his debate with John Lofton on CNN's Crossfire. You can find it through Google quite easily. He advocated for classical conservatism in that whole debate and in general.
Also check out the contents page of his autobiography on Amazon, and you can see that chapter 17 is called Practical Conservatism. He talks about his conservatism there.
Nice post dude. I knew about some of these links but not all.
Have you read this book? Thoughts on the links to laurel canyon?
https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122
There is a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that Zappa and the whole Laurel Canyon scene were tied very closely to US CIA/military intelligence.
duckduckgo Dave McGowan & Laurel Canyon if you want a rabbit hole.
or
https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122
Dave McGowan wrote a book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon about how the rock industry and hippie movement was started by the CIA. Very compelling. https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122
Buy it online.
https://www.amazon.com.br/Here-There-Everywhere-Recording-Beatles/dp/1592402690
He is terribly biased, so you also need to read: https://www.amazon.com.au/Abbey-Road-Ziggy-Stardust-record/dp/0739078585
https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122
Okay poor choice of words on my part. They are stupid, incompetent, but their bosses aren't, and what they do works. Their dominance of the media extends to using their own stupidity for their agenda.
My girlfriend gave me this one Pink Floyd All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track and it's a great read. It goes song by song with lots of info.
Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon : Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & The Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream I believe he discussed this on JRE.